FLASH NEWS! From the Associated Press: “The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, the Ankeny-based agency that operates the state’s wholesale liquor monopoly, says the winter storm is delaying deliveries to alcoholic [...]
Read More →Together we make Des Moines better I just wanted to send a quick note of appreciation for the innovative approach to Chad Taylor’s feature story about the Wild Rose Independent [...]
Read More →No shortage of nuts at the Register Sorry as hell to be a day (months) late and a damn dollar short — worth 10 cents in today’s Wall Street-wrecked [...]
Read More →To be a united nation, we must unite The election is now past and in the aftermath, and half the nation is jubilant; the other half is shocked and [...]
Read More →Fairness and honesty? I enjoyed your article recently on the Civic Skinny titled “Ferentz gets $100,000 raise; Rhoads misses $200,000 bonus” (Civic Skinny, Nov. 29). I would have liked to [...]
Read More →To the disaffected transit riders in Des Moines, let’s begin by dispensing with the silly talk about DART not caring. Accusation of not caring cannot be substantiated, and caring is [...]
Read More →Where are the ‘blowhard’ Republicans now? You know, we haven’t heard much from Gov. Branstad since election night. What happened to him? He took millions in federal stimulus money from [...]
Read More →Cole Smithey review of ‘Lincoln’ fails Before today I was not familiar with Cole Smithey. But having read his review of “Lincoln” (Film Review, Nov. 8), I’d suggest you read [...]
Read More →‘God will surely punish us’ When I was growing up in Iowa, the Methodists, as the largest religious denomination in Iowa, controlled the state legislature. Since Methodism is a dry [...]
Read More →Thanks for remembering Des Moines’ history Thank you so much for the piece in this week’s Cityview on streetcars in Des Moines (Civic Skinny, Oct. 18). They are a fascinating [...]
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